Random Acts of Linkage #132

The random acts of linkage is serving an additional purpose during my apparently unintentionally-extended-by-on-month blog sabbatical: it assures you I’m still there, somewhere, still reading online (even if a little less), and not entirely neglecting the blog. Just so you know. I’ve got a couple of quirky ones in the list this week… read on.

One shouldn’t be surprised anymore, but you may ask if charities should be forced to reveal executive salaries. Apparently Franklin Graham hauled in $1Million salary last year. It makes you go hmmm, indeed. He’s volunteered to give up his BGEA salary in the future and squeak by on just the $535,000 he took out of the Samaritan’s Purse. Is it just me, or does that last phrase sound a little off? (via Bill Kinnon) Oh — understand, I’m not saying the executives of charities shouldn’t be paid for their service, but how fitting does it seem for people living on $30-40k per year to be funding any charity where the CEO makes 10-15 times what they do in a year? You’d think this would mute the funding appeals, wouldn’t you? Sadly, no.